Rijkswaterstaat Implements Data Storage System

11/05/2011

CARIS has been awarded a National Survey Storage System project by Rijkswaterstaat (Netherlands) to find out what happens to seabed fauna in a deep-water trawling area if you leave it undisturbed several years. The software will be utilised in the processing, storage and delivery of the huge volumes of data generated to keep the waterways running smoothly. The data is used to support good dredging practices, to assess the state of maintenance of the waterways, and for flood management and scientific research.

Rijkswaterstaat will be utilising components
of CARIS’ Ping-to-Chart solution for their National Survey Storage System.
CARIS BASE Manager will be used to analyse the data, with the data then being
stored on Bathy DataBASE servers connected to Oracle® Spatial databases. The
CARIS Spatial Fusion Enterprise Server publishes this data, which can then be
accessed by a Spatial Fusion Enterprise Viewer, as well as any other Open
Geospatial Consortium compliant map client.

The National Survey Storage System is
expected to have more than 100 Rijkswaterstaat users deployed at 10 regional
departments throughout the Netherlands. In addition to the software, CARIS will
provide training, at least seven years of technical support and, together with
MX Systems, the expertise for data migration to the new system.

Rijkswaterstaat is the executive body of
the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in the Netherlands ensuring safe
and smooth flow of traffic on roads and waterways; protects against flooding;
provides sufficient, clean water; and supplies reliable and useful information
to stakeholders. Because the Netherlands has one of the most advanced and busy
waterway networks in the world, the best possible management is essential to
maintain this important economic driver. The management of the waterways is not
only important to the Netherlands’ economy, but also neighbouring Germany and
Belgium.

Geerten Blessing, managing director at
CARIS Geographic Information Systems BV in the Netherlands, says, “I am pleased
and proud that CARIS has been awarded the contract for the delivery of our commercial
off the shelf solution, which will be used as a standard for Rijkswaterstaat
throughout the Netherlands.”

“I’m pleased that the project team of
Rijkswaterstaat has found a future-proof solution with a broad customer base,”
says Esther Hoveling, project manager at Rijkswaterstaat. “With this commercial
off the shelf product we can implement the solution in a short time and,
because of its interoperability, we will be able to connect it to our
application architecture and retain the agility that modern government agencies
require. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration”.

Image: Rijkswaterstaat and CARIS meet in
Delft, the Netherlands to launch the National Survey Storage System project.

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